Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers
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6.
To perform a firmware update, select one of the options that are available for updating.
1 (update) BIOS Installed 159 1.0.4 BIOS
7.
The script will prompt for the location of the Dell Update Package (DUP) to be used. This
location is called the Update Repository; see item 3 in
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iDRAC supports the following download methods with source URI syntax:
FTP
ftp://[IPADDRESS]/[LOCATION]/[DUPFILENAME]
HTTP
http://[IPADDRESS]/[LOCATION]/[DUPFILENAME]
TFTP
tftp://[IPADDRESS]/[LOCATION]/[DUPFILENAME]
CIFS
cifs://[USER]:[PASSWORD]@[IPADDRESS]/[LOCATION]/[DUPFILENAME];mountpoint=[MOUNTN
AME]
NFS
nfs://[IPADDRESS]/[LOCATION]/[DUPFILENAME];mountpoint=[MOUNTNAME]
The portions of the syntax in all capital letters represent user-provided values. The [IPADDRESS] is
the IP address of the update package repository. The [LOCATION] is the path or directory. The
[DUPFILENAME] is the update package file name. The only supported update package is the “Dell
Update Package for Windows” that can be downloaded from
support.dell.com
. [USER] and
[PASSWORD] refer to the user credentials allowed to access and download from the share.
[MOUNTNAME] refers to the share mount name.
The following is a sample output:
Options
tftp://192.168.0.100/BIOS_VT7R8_WN32_1.1.0.EXE
nfs://192.168.0.100/BIOS_VT7R8_WN32_1.1.0.EXE;mountpoint=/pub
cifs://DOMAIN\\USER:PASS@192.168.0.100/pub/BIOS_VT7R8_WN32_1.1.0.EXE;mountpoint=E
http://192.168.0.100/BIOS_VT7R8_WN32_1.1.0.EXE
ftp://192.168.0.100/BIOS_VT7R8_WN32_1.1.0.EXE
Enter the path of the image file: tftp://192.168.0.100/BIOS_VT7R8_WN32_1.1.0.EXE
8.
The script prompts for a reboot type with which the host will be rebooted to perform the update.
Select an appropriate reboot type.
Reboot Type Options (1,2,3, and 4)
1 = Forceful shutdown and reboot
